Corvette Stingray: An Affordable Supercar

8/23/2013 4:20PM

Dan Neil cuts to the chase: The newly redesigned, seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette, the Stingray, heir to the sports car 60-year heritage and the bannered spear of a resurgent General Motors, is an excellent car. Photo: Chevrolet.

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